The parks of Vienna and its buildings

Vienna has many beautiful parks and green areas, both in the city center and in the outskirts.

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BURGGARTEN (Innere Stadt):

Burggarten with the Mozart statue and Hofburg. Note the G clave in flowers in front of Mozart.

Burggarten, the park next to Hofburg.

The statue of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Volksgarten with Hofburg Palace's east side behind.

Herkulesbrunnen in Burggarten.

Historical buildings seen from Burggarten.

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VOLKSGARTEN (Innere Stadt):

Asculpture in Volksgarten (the Public Garden).

Volksgarten, a monument and the 2 identical museum buildings.

Volksgarten with City Hall and Votivkirche in the background.

The famous Burgtheater from Volksgarten.

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PRATER (Leopoldtadt):

Praterpark is the largest park in Vienna.

Hauptallee in Praterpark.

Prater Amusement Park occupies only a part of the large park.

Riesenrad ferris wheel is the landmark of Prater and is one of the world's oldest moving ferris wheels. It is 65 m high and was erected in 1897 to celebrate Franz Josef I's golden jubilee. In the past, there was a theme park "Venice of Vienna" with canals, gondolas and Italian buildings that surrounded the wheel.

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KARLSPLATZ (Innere Stadt):

Karlsplatz, a large square that feels more like a park and is dominated by Karlskirche. Even if it is hard to see on the pictures, heavy traffic surrounds the place.

Karlplatz nice historical metro underground entrance.

The old part of Technisches Universität, seen from Karlsplatz.

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STADTPARK (Landstrasse/Innere Stadt):

Stadtpark, the park that divides Landstrasse from Innere Stadt. A canal goes through the park.

Hilton Hotel seen from the Stadtpark (City Park), where most American hotel chains are.

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BELVEDERE GARDEN (Landstrasse):

The Belvedere, a baroque palace and gardens built by Prince Eugene of Savoy. Both the upper and lower Belvedere were drawn by the architect Johan Lukas von Hildebrandt.

Lower Belvedere seen from the gardens.

The gardens of Belvedere.

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THE GARDENS OF SCHLOSS SCHÖNBRUNN (Hietzing/Miedling):

Schönbrunn's gardens are world famous. A sculpture and a café to the left of the very touristy plaza in front of the castle.

The Gloriette of Schönbrunn and a small part of the huge Baroque garden that has the size of a small town! The gardens where not included in the imperial tour that I made. The Gloriette is situated on the hill above the garden and was designed to glorify the power of the Habsburg family, an idea from Maria Theresa. Today it houses a café.

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DONAUPARK (Donaustadt):

When you enter Donaupark you see this warning sign for small locomotives that drives around the park on a min railway.

The train from Donauturm.

Millennium Tower seen from Donaupark.

Donau City skyline from Donaupark. From the left: IZD Tower, UNO City, Saturn-Tower and Mischek Tower.

Donauturm TV Tower seen from Donaupark. Donauturm, that opened in 1964 is the tallest structure in Austria at a height of 252m to the top. It was built for the Horticultural Show that took place in Donaupark in 1964.

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DONAUINSEL (Donaustadt):

Donauinsel, the thin island in the middle of Danube, is a green area where you can take a stroll.

Donauinsel (Danube Island) is a long and green island in the middle of Danube. Is you can see there are many green areas in the outskirts.